deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
personality; style; appearance
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to make a speech; to address
willpower; energy; vitality
proposal; proposition; suggestion
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
theism; god's teachings; Shenism; Chinese folk religion
town originally built around a temple or shrine
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
unrequited love; one-sided love
serious; not joking; straight
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
harmony; concord; agreement; unity; union
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty